34 WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION 



Canadian Rocky Mountains, $3.00, G. P. Put- 

 nam's Sons, New York, with 79 plates, illus- 

 trating more than twice as many species, thirty 

 of them colored, the rest half -tones from photo- 

 graphs. The plants are arranged systemati- 

 cally with key, glossarj^, etc. Though the work 

 is intended to cover only that portion of the 

 Eocky Mountains traversed by the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway, it describes many species of 

 wide range in the mountains. 



California 



Mary Elizabeth Parsons 's Wild Flowers of 

 California, $2.00, Cunningham, Curtis & 

 Welch, San Francisco, has about 150 good line 

 drawings. The flowers are arranged accord- 

 ing to color. 



Let me tell you for your comfort that second- 

 hand copies (earlier editions) of expensive 

 Floras can be bought for considerably less than 

 the prices quoted above. 'Your bookseller 

 will advertise for you in his trade journal, 

 which circulates among second-hand book- 

 dealers. This will not cost more than a few 

 cents. 



